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Job’s Discourse on Wisdom
“Surely there is a mine for silver,
And a place where gold is refined.
“Surely there is a mine for silver,
And a place where gold is refined.
The Earth's Treasures
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine;
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine;
Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone.
Man puts an end to darkness,
And searches every recess
For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.
And searches every recess
For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.
[Man] putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.
He breaks open a shaft away from people;
In places forgotten by feet
They hang far away from men;
They swing to and fro.
In places forgotten by feet
They hang far away from men;
They swing to and fro.
He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants [of the earth]: forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover.
As for the earth, from it comes bread,
But underneath it is turned up as by fire;
But underneath it is turned up as by fire;
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire;
Its stones are the source of sapphires,
And it contains gold dust.
And it contains gold dust.
The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
That path no bird knows,
Nor has the falcon’s eye seen it.
Nor has the falcon’s eye seen it.
It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it;
The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed over it.
[Man] putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock, he overturneth the mountains by the root.
He cuts out channels in the rocks,
And his eye sees every precious thing.
And his eye sees every precious thing.
He cutteth out channels in the rocks, and his eye seeth every precious thing.
He dams up the streams from trickling;
What is hidden he brings forth to light.
What is hidden he brings forth to light.
He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.
“But where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
And where is the place of understanding?
Wisdom an Excellent Gift of God
But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding?
But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding?
Man does not know its value,
Nor is it found in the land of the living.
Nor is it found in the land of the living.
Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living.
The deep says, ‘It is not in me’;
And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
The deep saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
It cannot be purchased for gold,
Nor can silver be weighed for its price.
Nor can silver be weighed for its price.
Choice gold cannot be given for it, nor silver be weighed for its price.
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
In precious onyx or sapphire.
In precious onyx or sapphire.
It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire.
Gold and glass cannot be compared to it, nor vessels of fine gold be its exchange.
Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.
The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
Nor can it be valued in pure gold.
Nor can it be valued in pure gold.
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be compared to it, neither shall it be set in the balance with pure gold.
“From where then does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?
And where is the place of understanding?
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.
Destruction and death say, We have heard its report with our ears.
God understands its way,
And He knows its place.
And He knows its place.
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth its place:
For He looks to the ends of the earth,
And sees under the whole heavens,
And sees under the whole heavens,
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, he seeth under the whole heaven.
To establish a weight for the wind,
And apportion the waters by measure.
And apportion the waters by measure.
In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure,
When He made a law for the rain,
And a path for the thunderbolt,
And a path for the thunderbolt,
In appointing a statute for the rain, and a way for the thunder's flash:
Then did he see it, and declare it; he established it, yea, and searched it out;